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Keywords

Chayefsky, Paddy, --1923-1981; Chayefsky, Paddy, --1923-1981;

Abstract

A study of the dramas developing the theme of love by contemporary dramatist, Paddy Chayefsky, discloses his philosophy of love to be the essence of meaningful life. His nine plays depicting this concept may be divided into three categories according to the type of love they portray: philotheistic, romantic, and conjugal love. The Tenth Man, Gideon, and The Passion of Josef D., representing philotheistic love, reject man's ability to love God. The highest love he ls capable of is that for his fellowman. In his romances, Middle of the Night, Marty, and the secondary plot of Holiday Song, a a lonely and sometimes insecure man falls in love with a woman in the same circumstances and they plan to marry. However, Chayefsky places the greatest importance on the goal of the characters i n his romances-- conjugal love. The husband learns the meaning of connubial love and the security of marriage In The Bachelor Party, and the main character in The Big Deal's influenced by the love of his family to make something of himself, even though it means starting out small. Conjugal love, however, succumbs to external forces in The Latent Heterosexual, which results in catastrophe.

Year of Submission

1971

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of English Language and Literature

First Advisor

Robert J. Ward

Second Advisor

John Cowley

Third Advisor

Stanley G. Wood

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Date Original

1971

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1 PDF file (114 leaves)

Language

en

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